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Earthquake measuring 6.8 magnitude hits off Indonesia's Sulawesi, tsunami possible

Indonesia's geophysics agency said a tsunami is possible after the strong earthquake hit east of Sulawesi island.

Aniruddha Dhar

12 Apr 2019 17:45 IST

Updated On 12 Apr 2019 20:39 IST

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Earthquake measuring 6.8 magnitude hits off Indonesia's Sulawesi, tsunami possible

An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale struck east of Sulawesi island in Indonesia on Friday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. Indonesia's geophysics agency said a tsunami is possible after the strong earthquake hit east of Sulawesi island. The USGS said the quake which hit at a depth of 17 kilometres.

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The epicentre of the quake is far from the city of Palu, which was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in September.

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